In my attempt to create more decent looking randomized sims, I went through the various body & facial presets (as well as eyebrows, beards and skintones) and picked those that, at least in my opinion, look decent on most sims, thus, hopefully, making for more decent looking randomized sims on average. In addition to the presets selection, I adjusted some parameters used for adding variation to the body presets. Kids and toddler presets are not included in this mod, and I also didn’t bother with occult specific presets.
Update as of August 1st 2022: Added the option to exclude body hair.
You can use this mod simultaneously with the mod "No Make-Up & No Accessories On Randomized Sims".
Download and more info below the cut.
Some elements I focussed on:
One thing I was trying to do are stronger and more natural looking facial features. For example, I went for stronger jaws and wider noses, but then also deselected a lot of the eye presets that look somewhat crooked or cartoon-like to me. I also selected the more smooth looking chins, cheeks and foreheads presets.
Eyebrows and beards also make a huge difference, in my opinion. I only left a few neutral options for both. This, by the way, also makes it more likely for a randomized sim not to have a beard. (Per default, the game just picks randomly from all of the beard options, therefore, almost all randomized male sims show up with a beard.)
And yep, the skintones. I think the texture of many skintones looks either patchy or is otherwise poorly made (although I'm not sure if this is partly an issue with certain graphic cards/computers). I actually deselected a bunch of the lighter skintones from the neutral and the cold panel, because they look somewhat unnatural to me with the very grey or even purple undertones. As well as a few others. (As you can’t disallow skintones for randomization like you can with other body presets, I used a workaround by reassigning those skintones as vampire skintones, so they won’t show up randomly on normal sims anymore.)
Besides, a huge frustration factor for me has always been the poor posture on (for the most part) male sims. There are actually only two male body presets with a decent posture. I used them (as well as a third one) but adjusted both to some degree to look more like the average human body. I also only used three of the female body presets and adjusted one of them (the skinny curvy one) to be a bit heavier than the default.
Overall I'm quite happy with the result for female sims and, well, I did my best for the male sims under given circumstances :D At some point I needed to call it a day, so here it is:
SFS | MF
I provide the mod as a zip file (you need to unzip it with a free program like WinRAR or 7-Zip) containing the following parts as package files:
All of those parts also work standalone and in any combination!
Update as of August 1st 2022:
Added the option to exclude body hair (5.)
Updated the files 1. & 3. with items that were added to the game since the time when I created the mod.
Notes regarding the files:
The files with the deselected eyebrows, beards, body hair and skintones will count as cc and trigger the cc flag. Besides, the deselected eyebrows, beards and body hair will be also excluded for genetic randomization (other presets are not affected based on my testing). So I provide those files separately for easy removal (and in case you only wanna use some parts of the mod).
For more experienced users: You can also unmerge the body presets package file with S4S to receive the sub-files for body, cheeks, chins, eyes, headshape, jaws, mouths and noses as well as the tuning file, if you want to pick only certain parts of the mod here, as well, or adjust the files. (Half of this enterprise was actually looking up the items and organizing them into categories.) Please note, if you mess around with the files in S4S, don't save over the tuning file, it's a certain type of file that needs special handling when saving in S4S (I used a workaround so that the decimals would actually be saved correctly).
Questions, conflicts and TOU:
For clarification: This mod only disallows certain items to be picked when a sim is randomized. All items are still "there" and can be picked manually in CAS.
Known conflicts: The "Body Presets Selection & Tuning" part (specifically the tuning part of it) will conflict with Menaceman44's Auto Shorter Teens mod. In general, same as for the mod "No Make-Up & No Accessories On Randomized Sims", this mod might conflict with other mods aiming at manipulating body preset parameters. Let me know if you encounter any other conflicting mods or issues.
Please, also contact me in case you intend to use the mod or parts of the mod for other creations.
Did I make a legacy challenge based on Olivia Rodrigo’s Sour? Yes, I did.
Am I going to be posting my gameplay of it on my blog? Yes I am.
The overall guidelines are pretty loose here. Obviously there’s a lot to accomplish each generation, but I tried to make it so there is plenty of room for freedom too. And if you’re not feeling an aspiration or have a career you’ve been meaning to try - go ahead and switch it up if you think it makes sense! Just try to pick something that isn’t already in the challenge.
Go as wild as you desire with mods and lifespans and the like. Feel free to make this your own (just don’t repost this as your own, yah feel?).
If you decide to play it yourself, tag me & hashtag #sourlegacychallenge, so I can see other people enjoy it too.
And if you have any questions, feedback or wcif’s, don’t hesitate to reach out!
Zodiac Legacy Challenge - Updated for Seasons/Get Famous
As someone who is a bit of a nerd when it comes to astrology and witchcraft in general, I of course love learning about western zodiacs. So I thought I’d bring my love of the zodiac signs to the sims.
I know that a challenge with this name has been made before, however mine will be more structured for each generation. This is a 12-generation legacy, with each generation representing one of the different zodiacs.
Side note: This legacy is not meant to misrepresent or offend anyone. The generations are being based off of descriptions of the zodiacs from this website. Feel free to read up more about each zodiac to get a better sense of your sim’s personality!
Starting out:
Feel free to make your founder however you’d like. Traits for each heir will be listed in their section, but their looks are up to you so feel free to get creative! You’ll start out like a traditional legacy on one of the 50x50 lots (or 64x64 if you’d like). Here is a link to Pinstar’s legacy rules.
General Challenge Rules:
No money cheats
Mods such as MC Command Center is allowed (and encouraged) but not necessary
No mods that give you a clear advantage over people who don’t use it
CC is allowed
If you don’t complete one of the goals for the generation, you lose the challenge.
Honestly this is the only way to fail the challenge, other than not producing an heir.
CAS Mod - No Make-Up & No Accessories on Randomized Sims
This mod disables make-up and accessories (incl. tattoos and hats) when randomizing a sim in CAS. As a bonus, from my understanding & testing, the same game mechanic is then also applied for any randomly generated townies in-game (not including NPC outfits).
As someone who spends countless hours in CAS and gets quickly frustrated with randomized townie outfits, I felt like this could be useful 😃
You can use this mod simultaneously with my presets mod for randomized sims.
So I haven't had a chance to add ALL of these to my red flag simmer list (gonna work on adding them) but these are all of the paywallers tagged in Dollhouse Mafia's Booty Channel:
333 / asan
3dmuhari
4w25
achino
aggressivekitty
alainalina
algu
angissi
annaquinn
anto
architecturesims
archivefaction
arltos
ashwwa
b0tchedsimz
babyetears
backtrack
beckysims
bedisfull
belaloallure
bknysimz
blackmojitos
bluerosesims
bot0xbrat
bradford
brandysims
brazilianforeversims
breezemotors
buildingdiva
bunbunz
busratr
bydiv / #brisimz
cecesimsxo
charonlee
chih
chiharu
cinnamonsims
claikimsim
claritysims
cleptobycleo
cocogames
complexsims
coolcontentstar
cosplaysimmer
cowbuild
curbs
darknightsims
darkpink
darte77
daylifesims
ddaengsims
ddarkstonee
dearkim
diversedking
dreamgirl
elfdor
elliesimple
elza
enw
eunosims
felixandre
frxsk0sims
ginkosims
glacierbrand
goodchillsstudio
goppolsme
grafity
gramsims
greencccreator
greenteahoney
haileysbuilds
happylifesims
hardswae
helenmax
helstudio
hermajestybuilds
hiuhiusims
hoodsimz
hydrangeachainsaw
iamprincesscrouton
iconic
idsims
jaybirdthenerd
jaysims
jino
jius
juanxee
jujujam
julhaos
kaihana
katesimblr
kenzar
kiarazurk
kiegross
kikiw
kikovanity
kingblackcinema
kk
koesims / #viviansims
kollectionsims
korkassims
kryptonita
kskustomz
laluna
lamz
leafmotif
leosims
lillyprada
lindian
lumysims
luxuryinteriorliving
lynxsimz
lynxsimzfamily
mablystore
maocc
marigold
mayasims
meinkatz
meiqi7
miiko
milasmith
miljamaison
mimotosims
mincsims
miro
mirroreddreams
mmsims
momosimz
moood
mrolkan
mssims
murphy
musae
newsea
nightcrawler
nilyn
northernsiberiawinds
ohmybunny
oni
oppasims
outfitopia
overkillsimmer
pacosims
papisims
paulson
phoenixsims
pietro
pinkboxanye
pixelvibes
plasticsimz
plbsims
polygoncouture
poyopoyo
pyx
reinasims
rhsims
rimings
ronasims
rrtt
rubyred
ruchellsims
rusticsims
sakuraflora
savagesims
sclub
scodeeyodee
sensationalsimz
seoulsoul
serinion
sglynp
shoestopia
silvermoonsims
simcitygirls
simlocker
simmerkate
simminmybestlife
simpliciaty
simplisticsims
simrealist
sims3melancholic
sims41ife
sims4boutique
simstefani
simsulani
simtury
sixam
skeamor
slayclassy
slephora
slox
soboro
sonyasims
starrysimsie
stevenstudios
strangercreations
sunberry
sunkissedlilacs
terrabuilds
thecluttercat
thehuntington
thisisthem
tomiochan
toriadori
ts4lcr
vintagesimmer
vittler / #vittleruniverse
yit
wenwem
wings
winner9
xxblacksims
yaoxboom
zao
zouyou
In theory all of these people should have permapaywalls of some sort, either as full permapaywalls or patreon "exclusives".
Cottage Living.. you did it. You got me back in the game! Here’s Eevie she loves her animals, including her cow “Shake” and Hen (not named yet). Her & her wife, Lottie, have moved to the house next to the waterfall in order to make it all themselves. Now to find out if I want to add reshades or not, suggestions ?!
finally, an updated version of my intoxicated default skin! i made this for personal use but it turned out better than expected so i decided to upload it for everyone ^.^
what’s new? — updated face texture with minor changes, updated adult and elder texture with more pronounced wrinkles
Conversion of Jessi’s Hand outs + Punch ups Eyes, 18 default colours + 12 non default colours (not pictured) and a facepaint version :) Also thankyou for 3k followers...
The Tomayo legacy has been on hold via tumblr, however, I have a folder full of photos I am going through to upload. I have been playing, so I think I am just going to start showing little glimpses of what has been happening with Kesli, Jaime & Blair.
And if you’re not aware.... Blair won the legacy heir poll.
